{"product_id":"the-impending-crisis-david-m-potter-9780061319297","title":"The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"David M. Potter's magisterial \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis \u003c\/em\u003eis the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War.\" --\u003cem\u003eCivil War History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the classic study of of antebellum America\" (\u003cem\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/em\u003e). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e remains \"modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War\" (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. Potter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061319295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061319297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"David M. Potter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051210928383,"sku":"9780061319297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2ffbf2b-6e0d-4c50-979f-067657f72693.jpg?v=1685011744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-impending-crisis-david-m-potter-9780061319297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}